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Post by MartinT on Nov 24, 2016 10:41:40 GMT
Has anyone come across the DirectStream Memory Player or heard a demo yet? Although my Ayre C-5xe MP player is very accomplished, this new player has definitely piqued my interest.  |
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Post by daytona600 on Nov 24, 2016 14:03:04 GMT
yes at shows , hard to comment with music & system not to my taste
doubt it would be huge upgrade from your Ayre martin
can you borrow one from a dealer to try or DSC , MSB , Esoteric would be a step up
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Post by MartinT on Nov 24, 2016 15:03:03 GMT
I'm going to try borrowing one at some future time. Reading more about it, I realise it's a transport and requires their DAC for full I2S implementation.
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Post by daytona600 on Nov 24, 2016 15:37:03 GMT
could get better results ripping discs to a melco hard drive & then into a dac if you want to play from memory
use a melco myself into music server/ripper/dac
find they all just play the numbers game these days & will be scrap in 12months times anyway & they all use the same chipsets only a few you can count on one hand use custom FPGA
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Post by John on Nov 24, 2016 16:21:47 GMT
I like to hear what the direct stream can do
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Post by MartinT on Nov 24, 2016 18:09:11 GMT
Not scrap for me, Scott. I aim to keep building the CD collection, from charity shops if need be. My disc player is going to be my primary source until the end of my days, I think.
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Post by The Brookmeister on Nov 24, 2016 22:17:13 GMT
There are none available yet, I have mine on order and sold another one to a client who has the DS DAC. Audio through HDMI intrigues me, PS Audio sent 50 units out to customers in the USA to evaluate, full production commences next month. I have been searching for an Esoteric transport for years but always too expensive and they don't make the transport themselves now anyway.
This ticks all the boxes for me and will be the last transport I will ever own. Been busy buying plenty of SACD's and XRCD's this past month!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 9:13:43 GMT
could get better results ripping discs to a melco hard drive & then into a dac if you want to play from memory use a melco myself into music server/ripper/dac find they all just play the numbers game these days & will be scrap in 12months times anyway & they all use the same chipsets only a few you can count on one hand use custom FPGA Not from the experience I have heard with the N1A at all  |
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Post by daytona600 on Nov 29, 2016 8:09:26 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Nov 29, 2016 8:14:31 GMT
If I was even considering paying $91k for a player, it had better play a whole lot more than just SD cards.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 9:22:30 GMT
Actually some of the best sounds I have managed have been with SD cards, however it does limit your options lol
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Post by Clive on Nov 29, 2016 12:29:37 GMT
Actually some of the best sounds I have managed have been with SD cards, however it does limit your options lol Interestingly my favoured player copies files to an SD card for optimum SQ. I wonder what it is that makes SD good. Probably something to do with it being a relatively simple device. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 17:03:43 GMT
Interestingly my favoured player copies files to an SD card for optimum SQ. I wonder what it is that makes SD good. Probably something to do with it being a relatively simple device. Clive Possibly something to do with with incredibly low quiescent currents around the SD interface coupled with the location of the actual device in proximity to the CPU. Coupled with a high degree of electromagnetic screening and short data pathways. However the new 960 Evo nvme SSD's are stunning in playback performance especially when used with a memory player |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 29, 2016 18:06:18 GMT
The 950 NVMe SSDs are no slouch (says he, typing on a computer using one).
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Post by daytona600 on Nov 30, 2016 10:46:25 GMT
Could you play a SD card in 20years or buy a SD card !
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Post by Clive on Nov 30, 2016 11:46:31 GMT
Could you play a SD card in 20years or buy a SD card ! For sure it's pretty unlikely, rather like floppy disks today though there are some being used for historical or nerdy purposes. The player I use (BugHead) uses SD as part of the playback process. In my setup my music is stored on my 960GB SSD, it gets copied onto an SLC type SD card and then into memory. Heaven knows how this de-jitters the files, you'd have thought SSD would be as good, but it's not. |
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